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Victoria Craig

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Victoria Craig is the former host of Marketplace Morning Report’s global edition produced by the BBC World Service in London. She graduated from the University of Missouri (go Tigers!) with a degree in broadcast journalism. Before moving to the U.K. in 2017, she covered Wall Street,  reporting for five years on U.S. stocks and the economy from New York City. When she’s not in front of the microphone, you can find Victoria baking or curling up with a good book at home, hiking in the English countryside, or travelling through her new European playground.

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Marketplace Morning Report

Europe edges closer to a price cap on Russian oil, but …

Dec 2, 2022
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European Council chief meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping

Dec 1, 2022
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Could Europe use frozen Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine?

Nov 30, 2022
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Markets react positively as China vows to boost vaccination rate

Nov 29, 2022
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Markets react to ongoing protests in China

Nov 28, 2022
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Seoul offers cash to people who leave basement homes

Nov 25, 2022
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Amid turkey shortage, Brits turn to festive alternatives

Nov 24, 2022
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Protests again at world's largest iPhone factory

Nov 23, 2022
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What's in the new Italian PM's budget?

Nov 22, 2022
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Disney shakeup puts Bob Iger back in charge

Nov 21, 2022
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Why we use animals to describe what's going on with the stock market or economy

by Victoria Craig
Oct 1, 2020
You may know bulls, bears or unicorns, but there are at least 130 others, too.
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Fast-Track Vaccines

Financing is at the heart of ensuring Africa isn't "left behind" in the COVID-19 vaccine race

by Victoria Craig
Sep 30, 2020
Most African countries have joined the cooperative effort for global distribution of a future vaccine, but there are still financial and logistical questions.
A general view during South Africa's first human clinical trial for a potential vaccine against COVID-19.
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COVID-19

The future of office working doesn’t have to be all or nothing

by Victoria Craig
Sep 24, 2020
Some companies are opening up office spaces in areas closer to where their employees live.
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Fast-Track Vaccines

Vials, syringes, packaging: The small but vital components of COVID-19 vaccine distribution

by Victoria Craig
Sep 18, 2020
Are there enough vials, syringes and packaging to get an approved vaccine where it needs to go?
Developing a COVID-19 vaccine is vital, and so are the components needed to deliver it.
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COVID-19

Air cargo industry braces for global impact of COVID-19 vaccine

by Victoria Craig
Sep 11, 2020
Shipping one dose to nearly 8 billion people would fill up around 8 thousand cargo planes.
This picture taken on May 23, 2020 shows a laboratory technician holding a tray with doses of a COVID-19 novel coronavirus vaccine candidate ready for trial on monkeys at the National Primate Research Center of Thailand at Chulalongkorn University in Saraburi. - After conclusive results on mice, Thai scientists from the centre have begun testing a COVID-19 novel coronavirus vaccine candidate on monkeys, the phase before human trials. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP) (Photo by MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP via Getty Images)
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How an actor from the West End is helping "Cats" come to life in South Korea

by Victoria Craig
Sep 9, 2020
London actor Thomas Inge talks about his 5,000 mile journey to get back on stage and put on a show during the global pandemic.
The cast of "Cats" in Seoul, South Korea.
The Really Useful Group
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COVID-19

COVID-19 stokes worldwide fears about food insecurity

by Victoria Craig
Sep 9, 2020
This year, about 121 million people have been pushed to the edge of starvation.
Food vendors serve dishes at the San Cosme market in Mexico City on Aug. 10, 2020 amid the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic. Street vendors were among the wage earners whose livelihoods were affected by the pandemic.
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COVID & Unemployment

The U.K. has a plan to pay businesses that hire young people

by David Brancaccio , Victoria Craig and Meredith Garretson
Sep 4, 2020
Businesses get about $2,000 for every six-month placement they provide for the unemployed.
The goal is to create around 300,000 jobs and help train these entry-level workers. Pictured: U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak at a Jobcentre Plus in London.
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Why bringing manufacturing jobs to the U.S. from China is "highly unlikely"

by Victoria Craig
Aug 27, 2020
Trade is not a "job creation kind of thing," Chad Bown says.
Chad Bown, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, does not think the trade war with China has been worth it in terms of how much it has actually cost Americans.
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COVID-19

Could Britain eat its way out of the COVID-19 economic crisis?

by Victoria Craig
Aug 21, 2020
Thanks to a government-funded program, the country's restaurants are coming back from the brink.
A server carries food past a sign promoting the British government's "Eat Out to Help Out" scheme to get consumers spending again.
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